Sports Center / Reported by Zhang Peijia
▲Chen Yufei survived the crisis of physical decline and lost points in the decisive game, and defeated Canadian player Li Wenshan in three rounds. (Picture / flip from BWF Weibo)
The women’s singles round of 16 was held at the Malaysian Badminton Championships on the 12th. Chinese badminton player Chen Yufei played against the 14th-ranked Canadian player Li Wenshan. The two sides fought in three rounds. Chen Yufei advanced to the top 8 with 21:13, 10:21, and 21:13. The next battle will be against Spanish star Carolina Marin.
The two sides have met 8 times in their careers, and Chen Yufei has achieved 7 wins and 1 loss. The last time they met was in the top 16 of the Danish Open in October last year. Chen Yufei only took 30 minutes to win in straight sets.
At the beginning of the first game, the two sides played back and forth, and when the score reached a 6:6 tie, Chen Yufei slowly opened up the score, played a wave of 15:7, and took the lead to win the next game. After the two sides drew 4:4 in the second game, Li Wenshan first played a wave of 8:5. After that, Chen Yufei made continuous mistakes, and Li Wenshan scored 6 points in a row to open the gap and evened the game to enter the decisive game.
At the beginning of the decisive game, Chen Yufei obviously felt that his physical strength was declining, and his shots kept going out of bounds. In addition, he made a mistake in judging the bottom line, and was hit 7:2. However, Chen Yufei’s strength should not be underestimated. The numbers were equalized, and then the 5-degree tie with Li Wenshan was followed. At 13:12, Chen Yufei returned to the proper level and used several powerful kills to prevent the opponent from counterattacking. She pulled out a wave of 8:1 and finally closed. next victory.
In the next round of 8, Chen Yufei will face the Spanish star Marin, who is ranked 9th in the world. The two sides have played against each other 5 times. Chen Yufei has a slight disadvantage of 2 wins and 3 losses. The last time the two sides played against each other was in the semi-finals of the 2020 Malaysian Masters. Chen Yufei won in straight sets.
